Manager Safety

Devendra Singh Gaur

Address: A*/ **, GF, The Lilac 2, Near South City-2,

Sector 49, Gurgaon (Hr.) Phone: +91-909*******

Email: *******@**********.***, *******@*****.***

Resume Headline:

Grad IOSH, IDipNEBOSH (UK) and DIS (CLI) qualified health and safety professional with 22 years experience in providing safety leadership skills and managing HSE aspects at projects and corporate levels for constructions of the mixed projects (High Rise Building, Factories, Highways, Tunnel, Heavy engineering-Power, Oil/ gas, Chemicals, Industrial) in India & Internationally.

Why I think; I fit into the above role?

Regional EHS Head for L&T Construction, B&F IC, Ahmedabad, India since 14th Feb.11. Before, I worked with Leighton International in India, ETA ASCON Group, UAE as Divisional HSE Manager.

22 years+ as a self-motivated and hard working health and safety professional in advising and supporting organisations in their HSE strategies in India and UAE.

9 years+ as Head Safety with demonstrated experience in planning, developing, evaluating, implementing and monitoring HSE Policies, procedures and safety standards in line to comply with Integrated HSEMS under OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001.

Proven leadership skills, including managing and motivating site staff to achieve company objectives, demonstrated in multi-cultural and multi- functional teams delivering sustainable profitable results.

An effective communicator at all levels within an organization. Good problem solving and analytical skills.

Holding recognized qualifications- NEBOSH International Diploma (UK), NEBOSH National General Certificate (UK), PG Diploma in Environment Mgmt., Diploma in Industrial Safety (CLI), Lead Auditor- OHSMS (OHSAS 18001), IRCA, UK, Safety Leadership-Train the Trainer ( Australia) and Registered HSE Advisor (UAE).

Finally, the following are my key skills that could enable me to drive the organization towards continual improvement.

o Technical Skill: Safety Leadership Skills Workshop, Safety training, Developing Safety Culture, Behavioral Based Safety, Project HSE Objectives, KPI, Operational Risk Management, JSEA, HAZOP study, HSE Plan, , ICAM for ‘Root Cause Analysis’, Safety communication Meeting, PTW, Emergency response, Fire prevention & protection, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001, Lead Auditor (HSEMS), Forced Field Safety Analysis, Safety Month Celebration, Community Safety Campaign.

o Soft Skill: Empathy, Presentation, Communication, Self Starter, Creative, Motivator, Team player, Listening, Positive Attitude, Hard work.

o Management style: Participative management, Open Window.

Academic/ Professional Qualifications:

Grad IOSH (UK), April 2011

NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety (Level 6) from SHEILDS, NEBOSH, UK, July 2010.

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (Level 3) from RRC, NEBOSH, UK, 2005.

P.G. Diploma in Environmental Management from Dr. Harising Gour University, Sagar (M.P.), India, 1999

Diploma in Industrial Safety (full time) from Central Labour Institute (Board of Technical Examination), Mumbai, India, 1995

B.Sc. ( full time) from Bhopal University, India,1988

CMIOSH ( Chartered Membership) under process

Supporting qualifications:

Safety Leadership Skills- Train the Trainer from Aveling, Victoria Park, WA 6101, 2008

Registered HSE Advisor, UAE, 2008

Lead Auditor Certificate Course on Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001) from CII, IRCA, UK, 2003

Medallion Fist-Aid Certificate (Final) from St. John Ambulance, 2005.

Experience:

Larsen & Toubro Limited ( ECC Division), Ahmedabad, India:

Regional EHS Head from 14th Feb.11 to present. Heading EHS Aspects for Building & Factory IC (residential, commercial- high/ low rise towers, factory and airport projects- 15 nos.) in Gujarat state.

Behavioral Based Safety Management

Risk Based Strategic safety Planning

Compliance of HSE Management System & Procedures

Cross functional EHS Audit Management

Project EHS in-charges meet at Regional Level and compliance of MOM

Presentations on EHS matters at various forums like Management Review meeting ( MRM), Project Managers meeting etc.

Recruitment and development of Project EHS engineers/ managers

Monthly EHSO’ s activity calendar management

Weekly EHS committee walk down management

Identification of training needs and organizing training at all levels

Safety promotional/ motivational programs

Monthly EHS performance reporting

Incident Investigation, analysis and reporting

Monthly learning & sharing drive- Incident alerts and good safety practices

Motivational program- Safety month celebration and monthly safety promotional program

Environment compliance & monitoring

Statutory Compliance

Leighton India:

Leighton International (Australian company- EPC) is one of the leading contractors and project developers in Asia. Working as HSE Manager from Feb.15, 08 to Dec.20, 10. Reporting to the Operations Director.

Managing Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) aspects in construction of high-rise building & Infrastructure projects in Leighton India. The projects include Palm Springs Residential Buildings- 6 Towers, Mohali Hills (Residential & Commercial), Indore Khalghat Highway, IT Park, Chenani Tunnel, J&K.

Promoting a positive safety culture throughout the range of projects.

Developing safety leaders within E&C Division by conducting safety leadership skills workshops at middle and top management levels.

Identifying HSE training need, developing annual HSE Training Calendar.Preparing Safety-Training modules on various construction activities and conducting Site based training.

Carrying out HSE Inspections, safety tours, HSE review meetings, safety briefing, JSEA, Risk assessment, Incident/ accident investigation/ analysis, forced field safety analysis and motivational activities independently; or collaboration with concerned department, in line to bring a positive cultural change. .

Complying PTW for electrical system and LOTO.

Ensuring that Integrated HSE Management Systems, practices and procedures are developed and implemented consistently across all projects to meet ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 requirements.

Preparing / implementing project HSE plans and Safety charter in line to achieve the goal ( LIFE- Leighton Incident Free Environment) of Leighton International Group.

Preparing SOPs for prevention of injury to personnel and damage to plant and equipment.

Carrying out internal Leve1- 1 HSE audits of the project sites and evaluate the site HSE performance and advise to the management for the continual HSE improvement.

Co-coordinating with compliance of 2nd party (Level-2) and 3rd party HSE Audits.

Conducting Root Cause Analysis (ICAM) of key issues and accident/incident and advice management to take corrective/ preventive actions.

Monitoring /evaluating key performance indicator (KPI).

Implementing emergency response plan and carrying out mock drills to test its effectiveness.

Prepare/ review/ communicate weekly, monthly and quarterly HSE reports and incident statistics.

Supporting the tender/ contract department on the matter of safety for the technical bid submission.

Conducting HSE committee meetings.

Recruiting, training and development of HSE Advisors.

Organizing HSE Campaigns on site and off-site to promote HSE awareness amongst the employees and communities.

Creating further developments / improvements in existing sound working methods.

Liaisoning with consultants, clients and external legal / regulatory agencies.

Achievements:

I involved in designing two days workshop module on safety leadership skills; finished six workshops for the target group consists of Sr.Manager, Engineers and Supervisors and developed 110 safety leaders within the Division.

Played a leading role in delivering community development safety programme in the 10 villages around the high way project and around 1100 local people and students participated wholeheartedly. The weak campaign became quite popular to save the lives. It was organized in collaboration with police department of Indore and Mhow, MP.

Involved in developing safety standards and implementing the same during construction stage.

ETA ASCON Group, UAE:

ETA ASCON Group is primarily a Contracting firm in the U.A.E. with expertise in construction of high rise buildings and infrastructure projects in Middle East.

Working as Divisional HSE Manager from March 11, 06 to January 30, 08, Reporting to the Executive Director.

HSE Team & Projects:

Manage HSE management system under OHSAS 18001& ISO 14001 for 25 various projects across the UAE with my team of 30 HSE Advisors within ASCON Division. Such projects include commercial & residential buildings-Max. 50th Floors ( C3 Tower, U1 Tower; U2 Tower; C 3 Tower, Al Manara Tower, Green Coast; Liberty House; Sheikh Ahmed Tower; Atlantis; Media City; Al Barsha; Gulf Air Building; Saud Bhavan DWTC, Emirates Bank), shopping malls ( Dubai Mall), educational & sports facilities ( ECTC, Bits Pilani ), airport ( DAFZA), multi-storey parking structures ( JLT), metro, roads and workshops

Organizational Objectives:

Set key organizational objectives on yearly basis and drive the organization for accomplishing the same.

Project HSE Plan:

Develop and issue the HSE Plan for project.

Plan the HSE requirement during tendering stage & support to contract dept.

Conduct HSE Plan review meeting with project key staff & subcontractors before start the projects

Train all the concerned about the requirement of the HSE plan.

Review / monitor the compliance status.

HSE Audit:

Develop audit methodology & audit team.

Audit all sites with cross functional team to have the effect of 3rd party HSE audit and quantify the HSE performance based on pre agreed scoring pattern.

Issue an improvement notice through Executive Director for the low scored sites; commendation letter for the High scored sites.

As a motivation, all staff of ‘Trophy Winning Sites’ are rewarded with ‘Gift Vouchers’ through Executive Director/ Project Director.

Risk Assessment:

Carry out risk assessment of all activities with a team consists of specialists from various relevant departments i.e. like civil, electrical, design, safety, welfare, store.

mpart training & validation to ensure comprehension.

100 activities including sub-structure, Super-structure, finishes, Common activities, MEP, General/Premises were assessed for the potential risks.

HSE Training Need Identification & Calendar:

Training needs identification: All the sites were informed to send their training needs; the same were collected, compiled, analyzed and finally frozen.

Taking training needs in view training calendar for the year was planned for various Safety topics.

Three levels were made target groups; Level-1 for Charge-Hands & Foremen, Level-2 for Supervisors and Engineers and Level-3 for Project/ Construction Managers & Sr. Engineers.

Training Calendar has been implemented strictly as per the plan, topic and target groups.

Apart From Above, Supporting To The Projects On The Following HSE Aspects:

Recruiting, training and development of HSE Advisers throughout the region.

Monitoring /evaluating key performance indicator (KPI) of Site HSE advisers & staff.

Review the HSE requirements for projects during the tender phase and support the tender/ contract department where necessary with supporting documentation for the technical bid submission.

Monitoring compliance of HSE Activities Calendar for Site HSE Advisors

Evaluating HSE procedures.

Weekly & monthly HSE report to ED

Investigation of site issues & client/ consultant complaints & incidents/ accidents and advice corrective/ preventive actions.

Analyze the incidents and keep up the learnings.

Celebration of ‘ASCON HSE Day’ & encourage the sites and workers

Monthly Gold coin scheme; best supervisor & worker of the month

Weekly HSE Meeting with ED.

Monthly HSE Communication Meeting with the project HSE Advisors.

Quarterly HSE Meeting at Apex level.

Monthly Site HSE committee meeting

Monitoring the compliance of permit to electrical work system, for example repair/ maintenance in electrical system and compliance of lock and tag out procedure.

Monitor key performance indicators for the sites & HSE advisors

Compliance of legal HSE requirements under UAE Law.

Maintain positive relation with Govt. Authorities, clients & consultants.

Colourtex Group, India:

It is one of largest dyes manufacturing company in Gujarat state. It was tied up with UK based company- Rohm and Haas Limited.

Working as Corporate EHS Manager from June 3, 02 to February 2, 06. Reporting to the Executive Director.

Heading EHS department.

Managing EHS aspects during construction of civil projects and chemical process.

Develop, review, implement & monitor Integrated HSEMS under OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001.

Developing/ monitoring ‘5 Years EHS Plan & Training Calendar’.

Recruitment, training & performance appraisal for the safety officers.

Implementation of permit to electrical work system, for example repair/ maintenance in electrical

system i.e. transformer, DB, PDB etc. and compliance of lock and tag out procedure.

HAZOP Study for new processes or in case of any modifications.

Carry out Qualitative/ Qualitative risk assessment as part of risk management.

Compliance of Management of change system & permit to work systems.

Root cause analysis for investigating the incidents/accidents

Evolving/ implementing a system of “EHS Briefing” before start the shift across the site

Compliance of HSE Induction for new comers, sub contractors, visitors and drivers/ operators.

Designing/ implementing safety standard for contract work.

Establish Management of change (MOC) system

Develop/ implement Company’s Cardinal Rules.

Establish Audio Visual Induction Training System for Visitors, New Employees & Contractor

employees

Develop/ implement Hazard warning & communication system for storage, handling,

transportation of hazardous chemicals as per UN Classifications

Conduct ‘Safety Perception Survey’ of all employees to improve the behaviour of all the

employees.

On site/ off site emergency preparedness & response plan & periodic mock drill

Maintenance, services of fire fighting appliances

Conduct Internal HSE audit and co-ordinate during external audit

Conduct safety committee meetings.

Plan for HSE Budget

Organizing various safety promotional activities i.e. National Safety Day, Contests.

Jaiswal Pharmachem Limited, India:

The JPCL is manufacturing drugs and drugs intermediates at Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India.

Working as Asst. Manager (SHE) from April 2, 01 to June 1, 02. Reporting to the Works Manager.

Responsible for overall safety, health and environment of the JPCL.

Plan, develop, implementing and monitoring HSEMS

Carry out HSE Inspections.

HSE Committee meeting

Permit to work system i.e. hot work, confined space, line opening & excavation.

Investigation and analysis of incidents/ accidents

HSE Induction

Emergency response plan & mock drills

Fire safety- maintenance of fire extinguishers & hydrant system.

Larsen & Toubro Limited, HZW, India:

L&T is acknowledged as one of the top five fabrication companies in the world. The Heavy engineering division manufactures and supplies custom designed and engineered critical equipment and systems to the needs of core-sector industries, for example power, petrochemicals, refineries, oil & gas etc.. It also manufactures super critical boilers and steam turbine generators for power sectors.

Working as Safety Engineer from September 2, 1996 to March 31, 01 on the above projects. Reporting to the Safety Manager.

Co-ordinate with site for compliance of the EHSMS.

Work as a member of EHSMS core Team to get Larsen & Toubro Limited certified for “Occupational Health and safety Management System (OHSAS 18001) & “Environmental Management System (ISO-14001)”

Compliance of Permit to work system and LOTO for Electrical system work.

Implementation of permit to work on fragile roof, excavation, hot work & confine space entry.

HSE Induction & Tool Box Training.

Safety Inspections for Site, PPE, Lifting machines & tackles, power tools, extinguishers & hydrant system

Safety audit and ‘5S’ Audit for Housekeeping

Investigation of the incidents/ accidents and analysis of first aid injuries

Monthly Safety News Bulletins and Group Safety incentives for the workers.

On-site emergency mock drill as per the calendar.

Safety promotional activities i.e. safety exhibitions, national safety day, safety cartoons display & competitions.

Maintenance of incident statistics.

Compliance of register of HSE regulations

Significant Achievement:

Achieve a “Certificate of Honour” awarded by TQM Council of M/s. L & T Ltd in recognition of outstanding contribution towards KAIZEN (224 improvements) during Oct. 1998 to March 1999.

Central Pulp Mills Limited, India:

The CPM is the largest paper mills in Gujarat , India. It is manufacturing various types of quality papers.

Working as Asst. Safety Officer from January 15, 1989 to August 30, 1996. Reporting to the GM- Technical.

Responsible for overall safety management of the mills.

Carry out Plant safety tour.

Permit to work system for working inside the vessels & hot work

Chemical handling safety

Safety training for the plant personnel

Job safety analysis

Plant safety committee meeting.

Monthly safety report

Maintenance of incident/accident records

Celebration of National Safety week.

Emergency response procedure in case of chorine release. Maintenance of fire extinguishers

Compliance of relevant legal requirements

Personal details:

Date of birth : 01/09/1969

Citizenship : Indian

Passport no. & validity : A-1006650 valid upto 2016

Driving Licenses ( LMV) : UAE License no. 1092864 & Indian License no. G J05/055198/03

Languages known : Hindi, English, Gujarati

Computer : MS Office ( MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Best wishes,

Devendra Gaur

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